PPU Licence

[Fern_21]

Hi all!

I'e a workspace in Power BI shared Premium capacity. When generating a report with Power BI Report Builder, I was consuming too much capacity, so I requested a Premium Per User (PPU) license.

1) Do I need to change any settings at the workspace level now, or should I create a new workspace?
2) The users who will access this report will also have a PPU license. Since this report was originally created with a Power BI Pro license, will they still be able to view it, or will there be any issues?

Is there anything else I should know?
Thanks

[cengizhanarslan]

You don’t need to create a new workspace. If the workspace is already on shared Premium capacity, you can keep using it as-is. Your PPU license applies at the user level, not by changing a workspace setting. You’d only need a separate workspace if you specifically wanted a PPU-only workspace (which isn’t required in your case).

Users who have a PPU license will be able to view the paginated report without issues, even if it was originally created when you had a Pro license. What matters is where the report runs and who consumes it, not which license was used at creation time. Since both you and the consumers have PPU, access is supported.

One important thing to keep in mind: PPU users can consume PPU content, but Pro users cannot. So make sure everyone who needs access has PPU. Also, capacity-heavy paginated reports often perform better under PPU than shared capacity, but keep an eye on refresh and execution times.

In short: no workspace change needed, PPU users can view the report fine, just ensure all consumers are licensed correctly.

[v-aatheeque]

Hi @Fern_21 

Have you had a chance to look through the responses shared earlier? If anything is still unclear, we’ll be happy to provide additional support.

[rohit1991]

Hii @Fern_21 

If you use a PPU license, the report must be published to a PPU-enabled workspace (not a shared Premium capacity workspace), so you don’t need special settings just move or create the workspace in PPU mode. All users who view or build the report must also have a PPU license; Pro users won’t be able to access it. Reports created with Report Builder work fine in PPU, but they consume PPU capacity, not shared Premium. The main thing to remember is that PPU content can’t be shared with non-PPU users unless you move it back to a Premium capacity.

[Fern_21]

Hi @rohit1991 and thanks for your answer!

If I've a workspace on a Fabric capacity with SKU F64, can I convert it to PPU? I received this error

[tayloramy]

Hi @Fern_21, 

This is because the Fabric Capacity is in a different region then your Fabric Tenant. Fabric workspaces cannot be moved across regions. 

You will not be able to use the shared PPU capacity unless you delete all Fabric items and re-develop. 

Multi-Geo support for Fabric - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

• Workspaces with non-Power BI Fabric items can't be moved between regions. You must delete all the non-Power BI Fabric items before moving a workspace to a different region. Once the workspace is moved, it can take up to 30 minutes before non-Power BI items can be created.

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[rohit1991]

Hii @Fern_21 

No a Fabric capacity workspace (F64/F-SKU) cannot be converted to PPU. Fabric and PPU are different capacity types, and Microsoft doesn’t support switching a workspace between them. That’s why you’re seeing this error.